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Walsall will be at Eco-Power Stadium on Tuesday for the League Two showdown with home side Doncaster Rovers.
All Doncaster Rovers v Walsall match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below - plus the latest match odds.
📊 Form Guide
Doncaster Rovers
WWWWWW ✅
Doncaster Rovers, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 0-3 League Two success vs Morecambe.
For Doncaster Rovers, the goalscorers were Luke Molyneux (12', 23') and Tommy Rowe (91').
A common theme in recent Doncaster Rovers games is the number of nil scores.
From their prior sextet of matches leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on BTTS would've lost.
Heading into this contest, Doncaster Rovers haven't won against Walsall in their previous 2 league games.
Walsall
LDDLWW 🌤
Walsall will go into this meeting after a 1-3 League Two win with the eclipse of Tranmere Rovers in their last outing.
For Walsall, the goalscorers were Jamille Matt (45'), Taylor Allen (57') and Brandon Comley (68'). Regan Hendry (24') scored for Tranmere Rovers.
The stats tell the story, and Walsall have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 11 goals overall. At the back, Walsall have seen their frailties exposed. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, of course.
Ahead of this clash, Walsall are without a win away from home in their last 3 league matches.
👥 Head to head
Checking on their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 15/09/2018 tells us that Doncaster Rovers have won 2 of them & Walsall 3, with the tally of drawn results being 1.
A total of 18 goals were scored between them in these games, with 9 of them for The Rovers and 9 coming from The Saddlers. The average goals per game has been 3.
The last league game between the two was League Two match day 36 on 02/03/2024 when the final score was Walsall 3-1 Doncaster Rovers.
The match was refereed by Sam Purkiss.
📰 Team News: Doncaster Rovers
The Doncaster Rovers boss Grant McCann will be happy not to have any fitness worries whatsoever before this game with a completely healthy squad ready to go.
📋 Team News: Walsall
With a fully healthy group available to choose from, the Walsall manager Mat Sadler does not have any fitness concerns to report ahead of this clash.
✨ Prediction
We feel that Walsall and Doncaster Rovers should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. That’s why our selection here is for a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline at the end of the 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 18:05 09/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Doncaster Rovers
Formed: 1879
Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium (15,231)
Captain: Richard Wood
Chairman: David Blunt
Manager: Grant McCann
Competitions: League Two position 14
⭐ Star Man: Joe Ironside
Mostly taking up the Striker position, Joe Ironside was born in Middlesbrough, England. Having played his first senior match for Sheffield United in the 2012 - 2013 season, the talented Forward has accumulated 14 league goals in this League Two 2023 - 2024 season so far in a total of 39 appearances.
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41 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 41 | 80 | DWWWW |
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42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 76 | LWWLW |
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43 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 74 | WLWDW |
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41 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 37 | 73 | LWDLL |
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41 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 67 | DWWLL |
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42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 67 | LDDLD |
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41 | 20 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 65 | DWLWW |
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43 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 62 | LDDLW |
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41 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 62 | DDLWW |
10 |
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42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 60 | LLWWL |
11 |
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43 | 17 | 9 | 17 | -13 | 60 | DWDLL |
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41 | 17 | 7 | 17 | -5 | 58 | WWWWW |
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42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 58 | DWDWL |
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42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 57 | LLWDW |
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42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 55 | WLLDW |
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42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | -7 | 55 | WLLLL |
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43 | 15 | 6 | 22 | -2 | 51 | WLLDL |
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41 | 14 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 51 | WDLLD |
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42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 50 | LLWLW |
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43 | 12 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 47 | WWLLL |
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41 | 9 | 16 | 16 | -17 | 43 | DLLDW |
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43 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -25 | 39 | WWWWL |
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40 | 9 | 11 | 20 | -19 | 38 | DDWDL |
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42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -29 | 36 | LLLWL |
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Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 33 |
Time first goal conceded | 43 |
Yellow cards | 1.6 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.9 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 2 |
Time first goal scored | 39 |
Time first goal conceded | 29 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.1 |
Biggest victory | 6-1 |
Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
Joe Ironside | 16 |
Hakeeb Adelakun | 8 |
Modou Faal | 7 |
Luke Molyneux | 7 |
Tommy Rowe | 4 |
Isaac Hutchinson | 11 |
Freddie Draper | 10 |
Modou Faal | 5 |
Danny Johnson | 5 |
Jamille Matt | 5 |
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